Turnstile



June 15, 1937. a MAD EN 2,084,280

TURNSTILE Filed Oct. 19, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 j INVENTOR.

June 15, 19.37.

s. MADSEN 2,084,280

TURNSTILE Filed Oct. 19, 1935 :s Sheets-Sheet 2 S. MADSEN June 15, 1937.

TURNSTILE Filed Oct. 19, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 ATTORNEY.

Patented June 15, 1937 unites stares PATEN'E' TURNSTILE Application October 19, 1935, Serial No. 45,735

7 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in coinactuated turnstiles, and particularly to mechanically-actuated turnstiles in which a coin itself is utilized as a mechanical member of the operating mechanism instead of acting to close an electric circuit.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide, in a turnstile, mechanical means whereby a manually-rotated member of a turnstile may be utilized as a carrier to carry or swing a coin in a horizontal arcuate path and the coin in this swinging movement may be utilized to operate release mechanism so as to enable a continuing operative movement of the turnstile.

Another object of my invention is to provide mechanism of the type specified which will enable a. coin of unit-fare value to produce a single operative movement of the turnstile and to enable a coin of multiple fare value to produce multiple operative movements of the turnstile.

Another object of my invention is to produce in a turnstile of the character described mechanism whereby a coin of unit fare value will be carried in an arcuate path throughout a single operative movement of the turnstile and a coin of multiple fare value will be carried throughout a multiple number of operative movements in accordance with the value of the coin.

Still another object of my invention is to provide mechanism including a turnstile-release element mechanism for feeding one coin at a time to the coin-carrier whereby the coin during its manual movement in an arcuate path will be utilized first to operate releasing mechanism to effect an operative movement and second, to

reset the coin feeding mechanism and to provide for the accomplishment of these results by coins of single unit fare value or coins of multiple unitfare value.

Another object of this invention is, in a turnstile of the type specified, to provide mechanism which will enable one operative movement of the turnstile to be effected by a coin of relatively large diameter such as a nickel, and will enable multiple operative movements by a coin of smaller diameter such as a dime.

Still another object of my invention is in a turnstile mechanism of the type specified, to provide for guiding a coin having a multiple fare value through multiple operative movements and in eacmovement to operate the mechanism of the turnstile and at the end of the multiple operative movements to reset the coin feed mechaior a succeeding coin.

Still another object of my invention is to proide a rotating coin-carrying element of a turnstile adapted to carry coins of single and multiple fare values combined with a single coin-counter operable to register each of said coins in accordance with the proper fare value thereof.

Another object of my invention is the provision in a device of the character described of a coinfeeding element adapted to hold a plurality of coins but controlled by the movement of each coin fed to the carrier mechanism whereby a single coin will be fed at a time to said carrier mechanism and a succeeding coin will be released and fed at a time to said carrier mechanism and a succeeding coin will be released and fed to said carrier mechanism only after said turnstile has completed the number of operations or movement equivalent to the fare value of the preceding coin deposited. In general terms, my invention comprises the provision in a device of the character described having a rotatable coin-carrying element and a release mechanism for the turnstile of selective means for causing coins of varying diameters to be positioned in varying vertical positions in said rotatable coin-carrying element and the provision of a plurality of arouate coinguiding elements cooperating with said coin-carrying element to cause a single releasing operation to be effected by a coin or" unit fare value to provide for a unit movement upon such release by said coin of unit value and aiso to cause a coin of greater fare value to move through a greater are and to operate the turnstile-releasing means a plural number of times, thus providing for a number of operative movements of the turnstile in accordance with the value of the coin.

More particularly my invention comprises the employment, in combination with the coin-carrying and coin-guiding elements hereinabove specified, of feed-controlling means resettable by the movement of the preceding coin operable to permit a coin to be fed to the coin-carrying and guiding mechanisms only after the preceding coin has moved through one or more arcs in accordance with the fare value of such preceding coin and includes means adapted, in case of plural fare value coins to carry such plural fare value coins over the chute or drop for a coin of lesser value.

My invention also preferably provides means for locking the turnstile against reverse movement after release thereof and means whereby said locking means against reverse movement may be released to permit such reverse movement and operation when desired.

With these and other objects in View, the invention comprises the combination of members and arrangement of parts so combined to coact and cooperate. with each other the performance of the functions and the accomplishment of the results herein contemplated, and comprises in one of its adaptations, the species or preferred form illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is aview in side elevation of a turnstile embodying my invention;

V "Fig. 3' is a fragmentary section similar to Fig. 7 3 showing the. coin-feeding mechanismin a slot r the turnstile with the cover removed therefrom;

4 a rotatable shelf 6 also fast on said sleeveon the g 0 Fig. 2 is a Fi 1; V r

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical section on the line 3 -3 of Fig. 1 illustrating the upper portion of the turnstile shown in'Fig. 1 and showing the coin-actuating mechanism and the coin-feeding mechanism in coin-receiving position; 7

plan Viewof the turnstile shown in obstructing position;

Fig.4 is a top plan view of thermechanism of ,Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig.3,

looking-in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-+6 'of Fig; 3, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. '7 is a section on the line 1-1 of Fig.

looking in the directionof the arrows;

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 88 of Fig. 3,

lookingin the direction of the arrows; V i

Fig. 9 is a section on the.-line 9--9 of Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrows; r Fig. 10 is a section on the line l0--l0 of Fig. 6 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 11 is a section on the line llll of Fig. 3

' looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 12 is a section on the line |2.l2 of Fig. 3

looking in the direction of the arrows;

Referring now to these drawings, which illustrate a preferred form of my. invention, l designates a turnstile base, 2 indicates a suitable vertically-disposed turnstile casing mounted on said base I and 2' indicates a removable cover.

The said casing and cover enclose an axially disposed stationary shaft 3, suitably mounted on the base I, and 4 indicates a sleeve rotatably ;'mounted on said'shaftandhavingffast on its upper end a coin-carrier head 5 disposedabove lower surface of which shelf is pivotally mounted a plurality of 'foldable arms 1. .As shown, four .of 'the arms 1 are employed, each pivotally mounted in a depending bracket 1 and adapted I 'to be moved pivotally from vertical to horizontal positions about pivot r'l'. The casing {is provided at one side thereof with a projecting cam plate 8 adapted during the rotary movement of the shelf 6 to successively engage each of the arms 1 adjacentto the pivoted portion and to 7 cause each of the said arms to be raised and pro.- 'ected from vertical into horizontal: position in T order to close a passageway.

*Fas't on the 'sleeve'4 above the shelf i's 'a coin! V carrying head 5 which is provided with a series of radialfslots l0 corresponding in number to the. Eachof these,

number of arms of the turnstile.

" radial slots is arranged to provide a plurality of communicating coin holders and, as shown, two

coin-holder portions are formed of different depths .and adapted respectively to receive a 3 is nickel and a dime. The coin holder portions are.

formed one below the other, and in the form er my invention shown, thefdepth of theradial slot is increased to provide holder steps I 8, Hi as. more particularly shown in Fig. 10. These radial coin slots 10 are adapted to register withia coin slot of a coin-feedingmechani sm hereinafter described whichis adapted tofeed" one coin at a time to that one of the radial coin-slots in the: head 5 which is in registration therewith.

Suitable registering mechanism is provided; to i. cause the turning of the head 5 soas to provide accurate registration between the radial coin slots andholders andthe coin slot-of*the,-feed.-

mechanism. Asillustrated, llprovidemechariism i V trated in Figs. 3, 9, and 10.

for yieldingly resisting the manual turningof the "sleeve 4 and turnstile parts about the shaft 3 and bringing the same to a stop after each quarter of a revolution which comprises a four way cam H fast on the sleeve 4 cooperating with a pair of spring-pressed links .12 pivotally 1 mounted on the casing 2. The cam H is pro- 'vided with four rounded depressions and four rounded projections, so that upon a manual turng ing of the sleeve 4 about the shaft 3 the said sleeve and the head which is fast therewith may on one push (the extent of which is limited and restricted by the locking mechanism hereinafter described) beturned through a quadrant or quarter of a revolution and will then stop. The bottoms of the depressions 'l I of the cam II will be arranged to stop in registration with the radial coin-slots in the head 5 and with the arm I.

In accordance with my invention, a coin is fed -from the coin-feed mechanism'into one of these radial slots and mechanism'is provided in cooperation with these slots for guiding the coin 7 so fed in an arc of a circle duringthe manual movement of the turnstile through manual pressure on one of the arms 1, this pressure being applied during the passage of a person through an entrance which is obstructed by one of these arms when in extended position.

When the turnstile is turned througha quarter of a revolution as hereinabove describedvit will be. locked by a suitable'locking. mechanism in Said pawls l5 have their upper by,engagement with the coin during its arcuate movement in a radial slot ID of the coin carrying head 5.as'hereinabovespecifled.'

A coinfed into theradial coin-slot ID of the coin-carrying-head is guided in its arcuate movement by one of a pair of arcuate rails which cooperate with said radial slots' l0 and engage an edge of one of the coins in accordance with the extent or size of the diameter of the coin which isfed thereto. Thus, if a nickel is'fed to one of the radial coin-slots in the head, it will be engaged attwo points on its periphery between the Hi, and if thecoin is a dime and of smaller diaminner edge or wall of the slot and the upper rail eter it will pass through the space between thesaid inner wall of the coin slot and the upper rail and will seat itself and be supported at two.

points in its. periphery between the upper edge of the lower guide rail and the'lower edge of the upper guide rail, these rails and the slot at this position being adapted to engage and guide coins of smaller diameter as more particularly illus-' By providing guide rails of varying lengths .for

coins of varying diameters which are also of varying valueaIamenabled to utilize a coin of predetermined diameter aplurality of times for producing a plurality. of operative or effective movements of the turnstile.

Each eiiective movement of the turnstile will 7 comprise, asiabove indicated, a turn'of a quarter offia revolution, and in each of these turns, I.

utilize the coin to release the locking engagement" between one. of the pawls l 5 and the locking block -gage the top l of pawl L l block nisrn for the coin-feeding [4 and in said movement I also provide for a counting movement of a counter in order to register a fare or the passage of a person through the turnstile. In the embodiment shown, the release mechanism comprises a vertical crank rod H5 pivoted at Hi in an upper stationary shelf l'l fastened directly on the shaft 3 through the hub Hi. This vertical crank rod I6 is provided with a pair of coin-contacting arms l6, l6 movable respectively by a nickel and a dime and one of which extends into the path of a nickel when moved or carried through the arc of a quarter of a revolution hereinabove described, and the other extends into the path of a dime.

When the roller and cam mechanism l I brings the turnstile to a stop, the parts will be so positioned that there will be a slight space between the heel i5 of the pawl l5 and the locking block is, so that there will be an in'tial free but restricted movement of the turnstile, and this free movement is utilized to permit a coin seated in the radial coin-slot to engage one of the arms it, it and to turn the crank rod l6. It will be understood that the heel 55' if no coin has been inserted, will engage block M before arm Ni engages the upper end of pawl l5 In case a coin engages arm it or it, the arm Ni is turned counter-clockwise as viewed in Fig. 6 so as to en- !5 before heel l5 reaches It which will cause an arm l6 at the lower end of said crank rod Hi to engage an inclined surface on the upper end of the pawl i5 and to swing the same about its pivot E5 so as to lift the heel l5 out of engagement with the locking block it, and thus to release the turnstile for a complete operative movement or quarter revolution. This movement will bring one of the other pawls l5, four of which are employed into locking engagement with the block l4, but owing to the action of the cam H and links l2 will recede slightly therefrom to allow for the aforesaid initial free movement.

The coin-guiding rails hereinabove specified are arcuate in conformation and extend partially around the surface of the coin carrier in such proximity and position in relation thereto as to engage during the arcuate movement thereof one or more points on the peripheral edge of the coin, another part of the coin being engaged by the wall of the slot. Thus the coin rail l8 for the nickel will be spaced a greater distance from the periphery of the coin-carrying head than the rail is for the dime. The rail i8 is more particularly shown in Fig. 5 and the rail 19 is so shown in Fig. 6. It will be seen from Fig. 5 that the nickel rail it extends only for a quarter of a circle and terminates above a coin chute 2 adapted to receive nickels. A nickel supported on this rail will in its arcuate movement first engage the arm iii" to operate the release mechanism and will thereafter be guided to the end l8 of the rail l8 off which it will drop into the coin slot 20. During the latter part of this movement, however, the coin will engage and operate a resetting mechadevice which will then permit another coin to be fed into the radial slot which is in registration therewith for another operative movement of the turnstile. This coinfeed mechanism will be hereinafter described. but at present I will merely say that the nickel engages the 28' of the lever 2! which is pivat it and swings the said lever 21 to cause the opposite end Bi to operate the resetting mechanism of the coin-feed device.

Assuming now that the coin-feed device has fed into a radial slot, a dime, instead of a nickel, the dime being of smaller diameter will pass through the space between the rail l8 and the wall ll of the slot and will drop down onto the supporting rail l9, so that a point in its lower peripheral edge is engaged thereby. Another point in its peripheral edge at the opposite side of its center will also be engaged by the lower edge of the rail l8 while a segment thereof fits within a rail slot. An initial movement of the turnstile through the arm 1 will thus cause a dime in its operative movement to engage the arm E6 of the crank rod It to release the pawl it from looking engagement with the block i4, whereupon further effective movement of the turnstile may be accomplished while the dime rests upon the part iii of the rail l9. When it reaches the end of this part It, guided by engagement with the spring pressed arm l9 over the coin chute 20 and across the outward bend l9 in the rail 59. So soon as it crosses this bend is it will be held between the rail portion Hi and the inner wall of the coin slot. It will in its second movement then engage the arm lii of an auxiliary crank rod it which is so connected by the arcuate rod Hi to the crank red It as to cause an operative movement of the releasing arm 56" into releasing engagement with the end lb of that one of the four pawls which the locking block M. After such releasing movement, the dime will be carried around in a second arcuate movement in engagement between the part IS of the rail 19 and the inner wall of the slot as shown in Fig. 10 and will finally drop off the end thereof into the coin chute 23 for dimes. During its last-mentioned movement along the part IQ of the rail [9, the dime will engage the end 22 of the arcuate rod 22 which is also pivoted at 21* and has its opposite end 22 adapted to engage and actuate resetting mechanism of the coin-feeding device to enable another coin to be fed to the coin-carrier.

I will now describe the coin-feed mechanism which is more particularly shown in Figs. 3, 3a. This mechanism comprises a coin chute 23, the coin-slot 23 of which is provided at its lower end with a feed member 24 adapted to feed only one coin at a time to the lower end of the slot and thus to the coin-carrying head. This feed member comprises a three-way lever pivoted at 24 to the walls of the chute and adapted to provide a seat 24 for a segment of the coin when it is fed downwardly into the slot. ihis threeway lever has another member or arm 24 which is adapted to turn inwardly about the pivot 2 when a coin is dropped through the chute by the seating portion 24 and is also provided with a downwardly extending portion 25 which is provided with a locking pin Z i adapted when the slot is free of coins to rest beneath pawl member 25 so that when a coin is passed through the slot-and engages the seating portion '24 the lower end of the lever 2 will swing outwardly and the pin 24 will be engaged by the notch 25' of said pawl member 25 as more particularly shown in Fig. 3a. This movement of the device 2 1 will occur with the weight of any coin and will therefore only let one coin pass at a time because as aforesaid the upper member 24? will move into slot-obstructing .position'and prevent passage through the seat of further coins until the pin 24 is released from looking engagement with the notch 25' of the pawl lever 25. It will be understood that the member 25 is properly balis in looking relationship with anced to cause the tilting into slot obstructing position by the weight of the coin.

In order togfeed a second coin, therefore, past the feed member. 24 it is necessary that the pin it be released vto permit the member 24 to swing into its coin receiving position, and this is accomplished by lifting the pawl member through themedium of thelifting lever 26, which is pivoted at 26 has its upper end 26 in engagement with the pawl member 25" and its lower end 26 normaily pressed outwardly by the spring 26 into non-lifting position. When a nickel engages the end 2i of the pivoted rod 21, the opposite end 211' will engage the lower end of the lifting lever 2K? to cause a lifting movement thereby of the pawl member 25 torelease the same from engagement with pin 24 and permit the feed element 2t to swing back into normal coin-receiving position. When a dime reaches and con-' 'tacts with the end 22' of the arcuate pivoted rod '22 the opposite end'22 thereof will likewise engage the lifting lever 25' and produce a similar engagement of the pawl to release the feed memher and permit the same to move into coin receiving position. Thus only one coin ata time can be fed through the feed member 24 though a slot above this feed member may if desired be long enough to contain additional coins,

It will be seen from the above that I have provided mechanism whereby a coin of unitfare value such as a nickel will be adapted to produce a single effective movement of the turnstile and a coin of greater or multiple unit fare value will be adapted to produce multiple eiiective movements in accordance with the multiple value thereof. 7 p

In t1 e preferred embodiment of my invention, I provide me'ans adapted to cause registration on a counter during each eifectiveor operative movement of the turnstile and I am thus enabled to r register on a single counter coins of unit-fare value and of multiple fare-value as they pass through the coin-actuating mechanism of the turnstile. 'As illustrated, I provide a single counter 2? mounted on the-shelf H. The counter 27 has a countershaft 27 provided with a spring pressed pawl Zi which is adapted to make a registering movement against the; action of a a spring 2'5 and I provide means adapted during eachcperative movement of the .turnstile'to produce'one movement of the pawl 27 to provide fora single count on the counter. This movement is accomplished by pivotallymounting a lever? 25 on a depending bracket 25, V i idispivoted'at 28 andis adapted, at its lower which, lever end engage blocks129" and is formed in two 7 parts held together for movement in one direce that so soon as the L men-u tion by a spring 28 and thus to cause movement 1 V of the upper 'end' 28 bein the opposite direction the end 28 at the of the lever only during movement in one direction of the turnstile, it g understood'that if the turnstile is moved 7 will bend pivot 23 againstthe action of the spring and no movement of the upper end of the lever will occur while at the'same upper end will be held in proper position for its next registering movement. 7 1 r It is desirable in devices of the ch'aracterspecieffective or operative that any reverse moveand for this purpose I with a tooth I5 movements have begun;

shall be prevented have provided the pawl; I

the teeth 38,

. mon bar 33, which is capable of 7 se and 3t ii-with a chute20' ,Below' the platform me such" dime slot ze 'doori fi operable to formed on members 3 I, 3| mounted on the upper surface'of the shelf l3 in the path of the lower end of the pawl l5.

Under some conditions it is desirable that the .turnstile be' permitted to have a'reverse movement as for example when it is desired to unload a bus in which the turnstile is used to admit and register passengers. have provided a series of spring-pressed rods '32, 32', 32 and B'Z adapted to be elevated in front of 30'; 30 and 30 so as to close the notches of such teeth and provide a surface permitting pawls to ride over the gagement therewith. As illustrated, these springpressed rods are mounted upon a horizontal comswinging of the same into the notch 35 the bar 33 will force the rods 32, 321 32 32 upwardly against the action of the springs 32, 32 32 and 32", thus nullifying the elTect of the teeth 30, 30, and allowing a reverse At times'a coin, such as a penny'which is not and the dime, so that a penny will be mounted upon this nickel rail, the releasing arm I 6" however will be so positioned in relation to the inner wall of the coin slot that. thediameter of a penny will be inmember from slot-obstructing position, and resetting the feed mechanism to permit feeding of coins to the carrier.

In the embodiment of my invention'shown, the nickel slot 26 is provided above the platform supported from platform I 1. 6, I provide a. stationary chute 20". whioh'leads into a coinetube 20, the bottom compartment 2 having 'awindow 2 in the'wall of the casing '2. g

and supported from the platform I1 is a coin chute 25 and below thelcoinr slot 29? registering therewith is a coin; chute '26 communicating withthe coin tube 20 the lower end of which likewise communicates with the displaycompartment 2, The bottom 2 of this play compartment Z is rockable about a pivot 2 to drop coins into 'a compartment 2 which is provided with an inclined bottom 2 and a pivoted permit coinswithin the comand Under such conditions I dropped into a coin return chute '36. In such end of which communicates with a coin display Above and registering with the partment 2 to slide out into the hand of the operator.

The bottom 2 of the compartment 2 is rocked to drop a coin upon each operative movement of the turnstile by means of the cam 2 which is fast on the sleeve 4 and the projections of which are adapted to engage the rod 2' and to rock bottom 2 for the purpose of dropping the coin displayed in the compartment 2 on the succeeding revolution of the turnstile.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A coin-actuated turnstile embodying, in combination, a manually-rotatable turnstile having arms movable through a predetermined arcuate movement to obstruct and free a passageway, a coin-carrying member rotatable with said turnstile, means for engaging and retaining a coin in said member throughout such predetermined arcuate movement, coin feed mechanism having a coin slot communicating with said coin carrying member and provided with a resettable coin-slot closer adapted to feed one coin at a time to said coin-carrying member, locking mechanism for locking the turnstile against rotary movement, means located in the path of the carried coin and operable thereby to release said locking mechanism to enable said predetermined manual movement of a turnstile-arm, and means also actuated by said coin near the end of its arcuate movement for resetting said coin-feed ing mechanism.

2. A coin-actuated turnstile embodying, in combination, a manually-rotatable turnstile having arms movable to obstruct and free a passageway, a coin-carrying member rotatable with said turnstile through a predetermined arcuate movement, means for engaging and retaining a coin in said member throughout such predetermined arcuate movement, locking mechanism for locking the turnstile against rotary movement, a release member located in the path of the coin and operable thereby to release said locking mechanism during said predetermined arcuate movement, and another release element also located in the path of said coin and operable thereby, again to release the said locking mechanism and thus enable a successive arcuate movement of the coin-carrying member, whereby said arms may be released for movement a plurality of times by a single coin.

3. A coin-actuated turnstile embodying, in combination, a manually-rotatable turnstile having arms movable to obstruct and free a passageway, a coin-carrying member rotatable with said turnstile through a predetermined arcuate movement, means for engaging and retaining a coin in said member throughout such predetermined arcuate movement, locking mechanism for looking the turnstile against rotary movement, and lock release members located in the path of the coin and operable thereby to release said looking mechanism a plurality of times by a single corn.

4. A coin-actuated turnstile embodying, in combination, a manually-rotatable turnstile having arms movable to obstruct and free a passageway, a coin-carrying member rotatable with said turnstile and provided with means for engaging and moving a coin in an arcuate path, locking mechanism for locking the turnstile against rotary movement, means located in the path of the coin and operable thereby to release said locking mechanism to enable an operative manual movement of the turnstile, and means for successively feeding coins one at a time to said coin-carrying member, said means including a coin feed member, a movable coin support in said feed member, a movable member in the arcuate path of the coin, and trip connections between said movable member and the coin support.

5. A coin-actuated turnstile, embodying, in combination, a manually-rotatable turnstile having arms movable through a predetermined arcuate movement to obstruct and free a passageway, a coin-carrying member rotatable with said turnstile and comprising a sleeve-like member having a radial slot, coin feed mechanism having a coin slot communicating with said coin carrying member and provided with aresettable coin-slot closer adapted to feed one coin at a time to said coin carrying member, coin-guiding means comprising an arcuate rail adapted to engage a point in the peripheral edge of the coin to support the same during said predetermined arcuate movement of said coin in the slot in said rotatable coin-carrying member, locking mechanism for locking the turnstile against rotary movement, means located in the path of the coin and operable thereby to release said locking mechanism to enable an operative manual movement of the turnstile, and means also actuataole by said coin near the end of its arcuate movement for resetting said coin-feeding mechanism.

6. A coin-actuated turnstile embodying, in combination, a manually-rotatable turnstile having arms movable through a predetermined arcuate movement to obstruct and tree a passageway, a coin-carrying member rotatable with said turnstile and comprising a sleeve-like member having a radial slot, means for feeding a coin to said slot, a releasable locking mechanism for locking the turnstile against rotary movement, spaced lock releasing members, and a plurality of arcuate rails arranged to support a coin of one diameter in position to actuate one of said releasing members so as to release said locking mechanism once and to support a coin of a difierent diameter in position to actuate said releasing members in succession so as to release said locking mechanism a plurality of times, whereby one or a plurality of actuations of the turnstile can be efiected.

7. A coin-actuated turnstile embodying, in combination, a manually-rotatable turnstile having arms movable to obstruct and free a passageway, a coin-carrying member rotatable with said turnstile and comprising a sleeve-like member having a radial slot, means for feeding a coin to said slot, locking mechanism for locking the turnstile against rotary movement, spaced lock releasing members, and a plurality of arcuate rails one of which is constructed and arranged to support a coin of one diameter in position to actuate one or" said releasing members so as to release said locking mechanism once, and whereof another of said rails is constructed and arranged to support a coin of smaller diameter through a longer are of movement than a coin of a larger diameter so as to actuate said releasing members in succession whereby one or a plurality of actuations of the turnstile can be effected.

SOREN MADSEN. 

